Room Effect on Musicians’ Performance

Kob, Malte; Garí, Sebastià V. Amengual; Kalkandjiev, Zora Schärer

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00386-9_9

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“…Another important and somewhat common finding in these studies is that adaptation strategies tend to be somewhat dependent on musical content and on individual musicians [15,17,24,25,28]. Because the musical content in this study (historical baroque music) is different from previous studies, it is unknown what kind of role the acoustics may be expected to play in musicians' performance.…”

Section: Acoustics-performance Interactionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Listener perception of changes in historically informed performance of solo baroque music due to room acoustics

Eley,

Lavandier,

Psychoyou

et al. 2024

Acta Acust.

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A listening test was performed to determine whether there were any perceived differences in the playing styles of musicians as a function of the room in which the music was performed. This listening test was part of a larger study aimed at investigating the impact of room acoustics on historically informed performance (HIP) of baroque music which included an objective analysis framework designed to capture dimensions of performance important to a historical baroque playing style. The test included both flute and viol examples and included the participation of 20 musically trained listeners with a background in HIP. The results of the test showed some significant differences in certain performance parameters for both instruments. In particular, the flute examples demonstrated differences that aligned with reports from the flutists about the strategies they used to adapt to the different acoustics, and there was agreement between listener ratings and previously extracted objective parameters. These findings suggest that room acoustics play a role in shaping musical performance, and that the resulting changes can be perceived by listeners.

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Section: Acoustics-performance Interactionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Listener perception of changes in historically informed performance of solo baroque music due to room acoustics

Eley,

Lavandier,

Psychoyou

et al. 2024

Acta Acust.

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“…In the networked virtual acoustic context presented by INMP, it appears that the effect of latency detailed in empirical EPT research holds true. Perceptual rating of the effect of room indicates that the experience of virtual acoustic performance is likely to conform to expectations from real acoustic performance [7]. Observation of the effect of virtual acoustic performance space on mean tempi ratio,a physical performance parameter, indicates the potential for acoustics to influence objective aspects of musical performance using INMP audio systems.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…In live vocal performance it is well understood that the acoustic environment will have a significant effect on ensemble performance [7]. This is true with respect to both individual perception and objective physical properties, such as measures of performance synchrony [8].…”

Section: Aq2mentioning

confidence: 99%

Parametric Evaluation of Ensemble Vocal Performance Using an Immersive Network Music Performance Audio System

Cairns¹,

Daffern²,

Kearney³

2021

J. Audio Eng. Soc.

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This paper describes an immersive audio Network Music Performance (NMP) system designed for group singing. A prototype of this design (audio only) was deployed to ten singers across Europe, who participated in a duet vocal performance study, operating the system from their home networks. Parametric evaluation of these vocal performances was conducted in order to provide characterization of musical interactivity between performers and explore the challenges and opportunities presented for immersive audio NMP systems in practical usecase settings. Results demonstrate that it is possible to achieve performance that conforms to expectations of live interactivity and estimate the conditions under which this may be achieved. Significant effect of latency, and in one case virtual room "type," is observed across performances. Informal questionnaire responses present discussion of the potential for virtual acoustics and latency to impact the perceptual experience of networked performers.

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“…The experience musicians have with the space is complex and can be examined "both at the level of the reception and performance of music, and at the level of internal processing" [28]. Musicians do not simply play an instrument; they play a room [43], and the 'room' they play is both a physical space as well as a mental model of the sonic world they form in their imagination. The room in this context is not simply the sonic and visual environment, but includes the cognitive processes being stimulated in relation to making the music.…”

Section: Musical Space As a Creative Mediummentioning

confidence: 99%